Sunday, April 20, 2008

Creating Things with Yarn - A Resource List

Hi everyone!

This is my list of favorite online resources for knitting and one on crocheting, and a bit about why I like them:

  1. http://www.knittinghelp.com/: This website is awesome, apart from having a very extensive glossary of knitting terms, they have videos that explain how to do each type of stitch for both Continental and English styles (curious? read their site! I couldn't do as good a job as they do at explaining stuff).
  2. http://www.knitty.com/: Online magazine with not-your-grandma-style knitting patterns. They are very fresh but don't go extremely out of the norm, so it's a safe place to explore if you're convinced knitting is for boring people. Be sure to check out their archives and look up Norberta!
  3. http://www.crochetme.com: This website has tons and tons of patterns you can crochet. They have things from dainty wristwarmers to a dodo bird to a hat-and-Groucho Marx Glasses-combo. I'm almost done with the Thirds scarf (...it takes a while).
  4. http://www.theanticraft.com/: This site will definitely remove the "old lady sitting in a corner, waiting for her life to end and in the meantime force you to wear ugly sweaters" perspective that people have on knitting, sewing and beading. They're a bit snobbish and have a very "more-evil-than-thou" writing style, but if you ignore it they have some interesting stuff; I already have a request for a Cthulhu, let's see if it doesn't kill me first.
  5. http://www.domiknitrix.com/: I put the Domiknitrix in more for the book than for the site; she preaches the domination of yarn, so knitters become more confident in their own work. Plus, it's pretty cool to think of yourself as an accomplished Domi.
  6. http://www.maggiesrags.com/: This is another one that's more the book than the site. If you EVER get stuck on ANYTHING knitting-related, this book will most probably have the answer. This is one of the less-scary links I have on here.

Alright, now that I've given you all my little secrets, go knit something, will ya?

1 comment:

Elizabeth Symington said...

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